Rail joint



Unirse STATESA PATENT orFicE,

MICHAEL zInLINsKI, or PITTSBUGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

RAIL JOINT. j

Application led November 28, 1921.

To all fw from t may concern Be it known that I, MICHAEL ZinLiNsnI, citizen of Poland, residing at Pittsbur h, in the county of Allegheny and State of ennsylvania, have invented certa-in new and useful Improvements in Rail Joints, of which the following is a specification; u

This invention relates to a rail joining means for use on railroad tracks and has for an object to provide a simple and/inexpensive device for securing the ends of the rails together. 1

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, and to the-appended claims in which'the various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

Fig. 1 of the drawings is a detail-perspective view showing the application of my improved device to a track rail, one of the fishplate elements being shown cut off flush with the rail joint.

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view through a rail, showing my improved fasteninfr device in place thereon.

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective viewoffone of the fish-plate elements.

Fig. 4- is a detail perspective view of the other fish-plate element. j

Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional view showinof a modified arrangement'. l

. n the drawings thereferenc'e numeral l() indicates an end portion of a track i'ail which is adapted to be secured to an adjacent rail end by my improved fastening' means. My improved fastening means comprises, briefly speaking, a pair of'elements adapted to overla the rail ends on opposite sides thereof. ne of said elements I term a chairplate element and the other I term a fishplate element. n

The former of these elements comprises a metal plate bent to present a horizontal base portion 12 adapted to engage under the base flange of the rail to support the latter, and a vertical portion 13 the web of the rail, these united by an inclined element 14 which fits over the base flange of the rail on one side of the latter. At its top the vertical portion 13 is turned outwardly as at 15 to fit under one side of the tread element of the rail.

The lish-plate element is formed complementary to the chair-plate element and comp Specification of Letters Patent. j

adapted to lit against parts 12, 13 beinglateiited Mar. 28, 1922. serial No. 518,164.

prisesa main vertical portion r18 adapted to fit against the web of the rail,"and upper and lower offset flanges 19 and 2O are adapted to engage under the tread and over ther baselflange respectively, of the rail.

The fish-plate element has a series of loiigitudinally spaced Vtongues "struck inwardly from its main Yvert-ical'part. v Two of these tongues may be rolled to the' cylindrical form shown at 21, the others being left flat as shown at 22,the cylindrical tongues being exteriorly screw threaded to provide bolts projecting from the iish-plate element. The chair-plate element is formed with cylindrical and `slotted openings, '23 and 211i respectively, toy receive flat tongues, it being understood that the rail ends will have corresponding apertures.

y From the side of the horizontal base portion 12 of the chair-plate element, opposite to that to which the inclined part 14 connects, a series of tongues 25 project, while thc lower edge of the fish-plate element is formed with registering notches' 26. L

In applying my improved fasteningdevice `to the `ends of rails the chair-plate ele-y ment is first insertedin place with its base portion 112 vprojecting under the rail `endsand its other'` portionsitting snugly against the rail ends. `The fish-plate element isthen lit# ted against the railV ends inregistry with the chair-plate element, the tongues A21 and 22 extending through Vthe apertures 23 and 24 in the chair-plate elemennthe tonguesl 25 on the base portion 12 engaging in the notches 26 in the lower edge of the fish-plate element. Nuts 28 are then screwed on the threaded tongues 21, while the ends of the other tongues are bent over to lie against the vertical part 13 of the chair-plate element as indicated at 22. With my improved rail joining means the rail ends are securely locked against displacement both vertically and horizontally, while the use of supplementary bolts is obviated.

In the arrangement shown in Fi 5 I provide the fish-plate element 18 drical tongues 21 similar to the tongues 21, and with :fiat tongues 22 which are somewhat longer than the tongues 22. These tongues 22 have openings in their ends through which the cylindrical tongues 21 project when the flat tongues are bent backward on thechair-plate element 13', the nuts 28a being screwed down upon these tongues 22 theA cylindrical and with cyliniio Having thus Adescribed 1 claim as new and desire to protect by Let@ ters Patent of the'UnitediStates is as follows y Y 1. A rail joining device comprising a pair of platesadapted to engage the web of the rail on opposite sidesthereof, a plurality of integral tongues projectingfiiromone plate, certain of said tongues being circular in cross section and the others flat, the other plate having complementary apertures formed therein to receive the said tongues.`

.2. A railjoining device comprising a pair of plates adapted to engage the web of the rail on opposite sides thereof, a plurality ot integral tongues projecting-from one plate, certain ot said tongues being circular in ,cross .section and the others flat, the othergplate having complementary apertures formed therein 4to receive thesaid tongues, one ofY said plates having anV integral extension adapted to project under the rail.'

3. In` combination with a track rail, a pair et' plates engaging the Vweb thereof' on `op. posite sides, integral tongues projecting from j one Vplate through the rail; andthe other plate, certain of said tongues being circu lar in cross section and exteriorly screw threaded, the other .tongues being flat, said flat tongues., having angularly projecting eX- tremities in contact with-,the other plate, and nuts-threaded; on the cylindrical tongues. f

4. `In combination with a track rail, a

'y pair ofzplates engaging the weby thereof'on opposite sides, integral tongues projecting from one plate through therail andthe otherj plate, certain of said `tongues being circularin cross section and exteriorly screw threaded, the othertonguebeing flat, said atftongueshaving angularly rojecting eX- treniities in contact with the other plate, and

nutsthreaded on, the cylindrical'` tongues,

. said. last mentioned plate having an integral my invention what formed therein base portion projecting under the base-ange of the rail. v

5. Incombination with a 'track rail, a pair. of plates engaging the web thereof. on opposite sides, integral tongues projecting from one plate through the rail and the other plate, certain of said tongues beingcircular in-vcross section and exteriorly screw threaded, the other tongues being flat, said flat tongues Vhaving angularly projecting extremities in contact with the other plate, and nuts threaded on the cylindricaltongues` said last mentioned plate having an integral base portionA projecting under the base-flange ofthe rail, said first `plate having its lower portion extendedy outwardly over the bascflange ot' therail andi formed with a iplurality of notches on itsflower edge, said base portion having Lintegral tongues engaging in the said notches.f `6. A rail joining device 4comprising a pair of plates adapted to engage the web oi the rail Von oppositeV sides thereof, a plurality ofi integral tongues projecting Jfrom one plate, cular in cross section and the others lat,'the other plate having complementary apertures one of said plates having an integral extension adapted to'project under the rail, said base portion having tongues projecting from the edge thereof, the other plate having its lower portion extended laterallyv and termed with notches adapted to receive the last mentioned tongues. Y

In testimony whereof l havev afiixed my signature, ni

MICHAEL s ZinLiNsKi. Y mark Witnesses; i Y Y KATHERINE JAOKMAN, y Josnrn l'ncaNIs.y

certain oi' saidA tongues being c1rA ,tol receive the said tongues, 

